Books by Michael Sandford
Contributors evaluate the divisive and liberatory influences and effects of the Bible on Zionism ... more Contributors evaluate the divisive and liberatory influences and effects of the Bible on Zionism and Palestine-Israel and, conversely, the practice of biblical interpretation in a Post-Nakba world.
Articles by Michael Sandford
This article begins by outlining contemporary anti-work politics, which form the basis of Sandfor... more This article begins by outlining contemporary anti-work politics, which form the basis of Sandford’s reading. After providing a brief history of anti-work politics, Sandford examines recent scholarly treatments of Jesus’ relationship to work. An examination of a number of texts
across the gospel traditions leads Sandford to argue that Jesus can be read as a “luxury communist” whose behaviour flies in the face of the Protestant work ethic. Ultimately, Sandford foregrounds those texts in which Jesus discourages his followers from working, and undermines work as an “end in itself,” contextualizing these statements in relation to other gospel texts about asceticism and the redistribution of wealth.
Editorials by Michael Sandford
The following essays are radical in two ways. Firstly, these essays are radically interested in t... more The following essays are radical in two ways. Firstly, these essays are radically interested in the biblical text, for they are rooted (radix) in the biblical text. 1 It will become apparent that the sense in which these essays are interested in the biblical text is slightly different from the way in which some biblical scholars are interested in the text. Although, these essays are concerned with the ancient world in which the texts were written (ancient "context" being a preoccupation of much of the field of biblical studies), these essays are also very much interested in the reader, the readers' world, and what the reader does with the text. Concern for the text and its meaning, however, remain fundamental. Secondly, these essays are radical in the sense in which they locate and argue for alternative and unconventional meanings in the texts. Informed by a variety of contemporary critical methodologies, these essays ask unorthodox questions of the texts, which yield challenging and provocative results. These essays provide suggestions and make claims which have the potential to reconfigure radically certain long-established perspectives within the field.
Talks by Michael Sandford
Book Reviews by Michael Sandford
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Books by Michael Sandford
Articles by Michael Sandford
across the gospel traditions leads Sandford to argue that Jesus can be read as a “luxury communist” whose behaviour flies in the face of the Protestant work ethic. Ultimately, Sandford foregrounds those texts in which Jesus discourages his followers from working, and undermines work as an “end in itself,” contextualizing these statements in relation to other gospel texts about asceticism and the redistribution of wealth.
Editorials by Michael Sandford
Talks by Michael Sandford
Book Reviews by Michael Sandford
across the gospel traditions leads Sandford to argue that Jesus can be read as a “luxury communist” whose behaviour flies in the face of the Protestant work ethic. Ultimately, Sandford foregrounds those texts in which Jesus discourages his followers from working, and undermines work as an “end in itself,” contextualizing these statements in relation to other gospel texts about asceticism and the redistribution of wealth.